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feat(firecracker): split orchestrator and gateway into separate VMs (PRD 0070)
Now that #469 got the DB off the data plane, the Firecracker infra runs as
two microVMs instead of one — mirroring the docker/macos plane split:

  * orchestrator VM (ORCH_IFACE) — control plane + buildah image builds; sole
    DB opener; host-seeded signing key. No gateway daemons.
  * gateway VM (new GW_IFACE) — egress / git-http / supervise data plane;
    mitmproxy CA + a host-minted `gateway` JWT (never the key). Reaches the
    orchestrator only over the one nft forward rule its link allows.

Both boot the SAME shared infra rootfs; a `bb_role=` kernel-cmdline arg
selects which plane a VM's PID-1 init starts, so there is still one published
artifact. The gateway learns the orchestrator's address via `bb_orch=` on the
cmdline (no IP baked into the artifact).

Isolation is nearly free: agents were already nft-dropped except the DNAT'd
gateway ports, so re-pointing that single DNAT rule at the gateway VM
(`dnat to gw_guest`) severs every agent's L3 route to the control plane. The
only added nft is the second infra link's mirror block (masquerade egress +
forward accept, which subsumes gateway->orchestrator) in the shared shell
script and the NixOS module.

netpool gains GW_IFACE + gw_slot() (the /31 above the orch link);
firecracker_vm.boot gains extra_boot_args for the role cmdline; infra_vm
ensure_running() boots + adopts the pair (orchestrator first, then the gateway
that resolves policy against it) and returns an InfraEndpoint mirroring the
docker/macos shape. Builds stay in the orchestrator (PRD 0070 v1); the gateway
is the slim unit.

Unit-tested (test_firecracker_infra_vm rewritten for two VMs; gw_slot helper
test added); the KVM boot / L3-isolation checks are validated on a Firecracker
host.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-25 03:44:15 -04:00

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# bot-bottle Firecracker network pool — declarative NixOS module.
#
# The one-time privileged setup the Firecracker backend needs: a pool of
# user- (or group-) owned point-to-point TAP devices plus a fail-closed
# nftables table that confines every microVM to its own gateway.
#
# NON-INVASIVE BY DESIGN. It does NOT flip `networking.nftables.enable`
# (which would switch your whole host firewall backend) or
# `systemd.network.enable` (which would hand your interfaces to
# systemd-networkd). Instead a single systemd oneshot brings the pool up
# on boot by running the SAME bring-up script as every other install
# path (`scripts/firecracker-netpool.sh`) — so the TAP/nft logic lives in
# exactly one place. The `inet <tableName>` table is independent (its own
# hooks at priority -10), so it coexists with an iptables
# `networking.firewall`, Docker, ufw, firewalld, etc.
#
# The oneshot is only restarted when this config changes, and the shared
# script is non-destructive (it never tears down an existing TAP), so a
# `nixos-rebuild switch` won't cut TAPs out from under running VMs.
#
# Single source of the pool defaults: bot_bottle/backend/firecracker/
# netpool.defaults.env. This module readFile-parses it for the option
# defaults below, then passes the resolved values back to the script as
# Environment=, so the host pool and the CLI launcher can't drift.
{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
let
cfg = config.services.bot-bottle-firecracker;
# --- shared single-source defaults ---------------------------------
# Parse the KEY=VALUE defaults file (the same one netpool.py and the
# shell script read). Pure eval — just readFile, no import-from-
# derivation — so it works for both flake and channel consumers.
readDefaults = file:
let
lines = lib.splitString "\n" (builtins.readFile file);
keep = l: l != "" && !(lib.hasPrefix "#" l) && lib.hasInfix "=" l;
toPair = l:
let parts = lib.splitString "=" l;
in lib.nameValuePair (lib.head parts)
(lib.concatStringsSep "=" (lib.tail parts));
in lib.listToAttrs (map toPair (lib.filter keep lines));
defaults = readDefaults ../bot_bottle/backend/firecracker/netpool.defaults.env;
# The one bring-up implementation, shared with the sudo/systemd paths.
netpoolScript = ../scripts/firecracker-netpool.sh;
# /31 alignment == an even final octet (only bit 0 matters for base+2i).
lastOctet = lib.toInt (lib.last (lib.splitString "." cfg.ipBase));
# The script needs ip/nft/sysctl + the usual coreutils, plus iptables
# for the orchestrator link's DOCKER-USER accept (best-effort; skipped
# when Docker is absent). It gets every pool value via the unit's
# Environment=, so it never reads the shared defaults file (which isn't
# beside it once copied to the store).
runtimePath = with pkgs; [ iproute2 nftables iptables procps coreutils gnused ];
ownEnv =
if cfg.group != null
then { BOT_BOTTLE_FC_GROUP = cfg.group; }
else { BOT_BOTTLE_FC_OWNER = cfg.owner; };
unitEnv = {
BOT_BOTTLE_FC_POOL_SIZE = toString cfg.poolSize;
BOT_BOTTLE_FC_IP_BASE = cfg.ipBase;
BOT_BOTTLE_FC_IFACE_PREFIX = cfg.ifacePrefix;
BOT_BOTTLE_FC_NFT_TABLE = cfg.tableName;
BOT_BOTTLE_FC_ORCH_IFACE = cfg.orchIface;
BOT_BOTTLE_FC_GW_IFACE = cfg.gwIface;
} // ownEnv;
in
{
options.services.bot-bottle-firecracker = {
enable = lib.mkEnableOption "the bot-bottle Firecracker network pool (TAP devices + isolation nftables table)";
poolSize = lib.mkOption {
type = lib.types.ints.positive;
default = lib.toInt defaults.BOT_BOTTLE_FC_POOL_SIZE;
defaultText = lib.literalMD "the shared `netpool.defaults.env` value";
description = "Number of pool slots (concurrent bottles). Must match BOT_BOTTLE_FC_POOL_SIZE.";
};
ipBase = lib.mkOption {
type = lib.types.str;
default = defaults.BOT_BOTTLE_FC_IP_BASE;
defaultText = lib.literalMD "the shared `netpool.defaults.env` value";
description = ''
Base IPv4 of the /31 pool; slot i uses host = base + 2i. Must
be /31-aligned (even final octet) and must match
BOT_BOTTLE_FC_IP_BASE. The shared default is an obscure RFC-1918
/16 that dodges docker/libvirt/k8s/LAN and, deliberately,
Tailscale's 100.64.0.0/10 CGNAT range.
'';
};
ifacePrefix = lib.mkOption {
type = lib.types.str;
default = defaults.BOT_BOTTLE_FC_IFACE_PREFIX;
defaultText = lib.literalMD "the shared `netpool.defaults.env` value";
description = "TAP interface name prefix. Must match BOT_BOTTLE_FC_IFACE_PREFIX.";
};
owner = lib.mkOption {
type = lib.types.nullOr lib.types.str;
default = null;
example = "alice";
description = ''
User that owns the TAP devices (single-user hosts), so
`./cli.py start` opens them without root. Set exactly one of
`owner` or `group`.
'';
};
group = lib.mkOption {
type = lib.types.nullOr lib.types.str;
default = null;
example = "firecracker";
description = ''
Group that owns the TAP devices instead of a single user. Any
member of this group can open the pool, so an interactive user
and a CI-runner user can share one pool. Set exactly one of
`owner` or `group`.
'';
};
tableName = lib.mkOption {
type = lib.types.str;
default = defaults.BOT_BOTTLE_FC_NFT_TABLE;
defaultText = lib.literalMD "the shared `netpool.defaults.env` value";
description = "nftables table name for the isolation boundary. Must match netpool.NFT_TABLE.";
};
orchIface = lib.mkOption {
type = lib.types.str;
default = defaults.BOT_BOTTLE_FC_ORCH_IFACE;
defaultText = lib.literalMD "the shared `netpool.defaults.env` value";
description = ''
TAP name for the orchestrator VM's dedicated link. Unlike the
isolated bbfc* agent pool, this link is NAT'd to the internet
(the orchestrator is trusted infra that builds agent images
in-VM). Must match BOT_BOTTLE_FC_ORCH_IFACE / netpool.ORCH_IFACE.
'';
};
gwIface = lib.mkOption {
type = lib.types.str;
default = defaults.BOT_BOTTLE_FC_GW_IFACE;
defaultText = lib.literalMD "the shared `netpool.defaults.env` value";
description = ''
TAP name for the gateway (data-plane) VM's dedicated link the
second infra link, split from the orchestrator per PRD 0070. Like
the orchestrator link it is NAT'd to the internet (the gateway
forwards agent egress upstream); agents DNAT here, never to the
orchestrator, so a breached agent has no L3 route to the control
plane. Must match BOT_BOTTLE_FC_GW_IFACE / netpool.GW_IFACE.
'';
};
writeEnvFile = lib.mkOption {
type = lib.types.bool;
default = false;
description = ''
When true, write /etc/bot-bottle/firecracker.env with the
matching BOT_BOTTLE_FC_* values, so the host pool and the CLI
launcher can't drift. Source it before running `./cli.py`.
'';
};
};
config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
assertions = [
{
assertion = lib.mod lastOctet 2 == 0;
message = "services.bot-bottle-firecracker.ipBase must be /31-aligned (even final octet); got ${cfg.ipBase}.";
}
{
assertion = (cfg.owner != null) != (cfg.group != null);
message = "services.bot-bottle-firecracker: set exactly one of `owner` or `group`.";
}
];
# VM->gateway traffic is DNAT'd and forwarded, so forwarding must be on.
boot.kernel.sysctl."net.ipv4.ip_forward" = 1;
# One oneshot brings up the whole pool (TAPs + independent nft table)
# by running the shared bring-up script. No networking.nftables.enable
# / systemd.network.enable — see header.
systemd.services."bot-bottle-firecracker-netpool" = {
description = "bot-bottle Firecracker TAP pool + nft isolation table";
wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
after = [ "network-pre.target" ];
path = runtimePath;
environment = unitEnv;
serviceConfig = {
Type = "oneshot";
RemainAfterExit = true;
ExecStart = "${pkgs.bash}/bin/bash ${netpoolScript} up";
ExecStop = "${pkgs.bash}/bin/bash ${netpoolScript} down";
};
};
environment.etc."bot-bottle/firecracker.env" = lib.mkIf cfg.writeEnvFile {
text = ''
BOT_BOTTLE_FC_POOL_SIZE=${toString cfg.poolSize}
BOT_BOTTLE_FC_IP_BASE=${cfg.ipBase}
BOT_BOTTLE_FC_IFACE_PREFIX=${cfg.ifacePrefix}
BOT_BOTTLE_FC_NFT_TABLE=${cfg.tableName}
BOT_BOTTLE_FC_ORCH_IFACE=${cfg.orchIface}
BOT_BOTTLE_FC_GW_IFACE=${cfg.gwIface}
'';
};
};
}